Meintest du essen?
This peculiar-looking canine uses its exceptional hearing to hunt for termites and beetles — here are some more fun facts about the species.
The remaining part of their diet is just about anything else they can find — fruits
By Stephen Schulze, Keeper at the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House
spend more time extricating the mesh from acacia thorns than we do on anything else
Lebanon’s majestic cedar forests are the country’s national symbol. Yet the famous forests and the animals that live there have declined precipitously as the result of logging, invasive species, human encroachment and hunting.
These cedar forests include plants that do not live anywhere else.
Inti is bold, Masi is chill and Sani is shy (unless there is food around). No, they aren’t the latest reality TV divas, but the newest residents at the Zoo. An all-female herd of guinea pigs has moved in to their new digs in Amazonia.
Learn what else makes these animals unique.
Things are hop-penning at Small Mammal House! On Jan. 24, a wallaby joey popped its head out of mom Victoria’s pouch. Get the scoop on the young joey from animal keeper Esther Wray.
Is there anything else readers should know about the new joey?
Our lemurs celebrated their birthdays April 6 with a gorgeous cherry blossom-themed cake! Get the story behind the celebration from primate keeper Emily Bricker.
All lemur species are endemic to Madagascar; they exist nowhere else on Earth.
Two peanuts sit on a tray. One is beneath the curve of a tool; the other is beside a different tool, out of reach. Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Allen’s swamp monkey Nub Armstrong is eyeing both. Will he pick the tool that brings the peanut toward him? To examine whether guenons understand how tools work, primate keeper Erin Stromberg and University of Michigan graduate student Missy Painter have teamed up to put these monkeys’ smarts to the test.
we understand what makes a tool useful—that it has a causal effect on something else
With just a few tips and tricks, anyone can find salamanders and celebrate nature in their local area.
That is more than anywhere else in the world!
In summer 2023, Bird House keepers celebrated the arrival of orchard oriole chicks—the first hatched in human care—and Baltimore oriole chicks. Curator Sara Hallager shares an update about the team’s success.
They are black everywhere else with white bars on their wings.
As August comes into full swing, get to know the golden lion tamarins from Kenton Kerns, assistant curator of Small Mammal House!
They always seem to love bugs, but often their favorite food is whatever someone else
